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Brixton / Places

Coffee at Goodbench, Brixton

Tue 4th January, 2011Mon 25th July, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

It’s ruddy freezing outside and I’ve got a stinky cold, so praise be for the restorative powers of a hot lunch at the Phoenix followed by coffee at the Goodbench …

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New York / photos / Places

Bedford Hill Coffee Bar, Bedford-Stuyvesant, NYC

Fri 17th December, 2010Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

We’re happy to tramp quite vast distances in our quest for great cafes and good coffee, and our trek out to the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn was rewarded by excellent beverages …

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Federation Coffee, Brixton Village shimmies into a new shop

Fri 5th November, 2010Fri 5th November, 2010 - by editor - 5 Comments.

Our favourite Brixton coffee shop – Federation Coffee – has just moved from its original intimate surroundings to a bigger unit, just a few metres from the original.

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / photos / Places

Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee

Fri 10th September, 2010Mon 12th October, 2020 - by editor - 2 Comments.

You’ve got to give him points for effort here. A unicycling, guitar playing busker wearing rabbit ears sings it out loud outside KFC in central Brixton.

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Brixton / London / Places

Federation Coffee, Brixton – London’s finest coffee?

Tue 7th September, 2010Tue 7th September, 2010 - by editor - 18 Comments.

For Brixton’s coffee cognoscenti and caffeine-quaffing connoisseurs of the coffee bean, there’s one truly unmissable place on London’s cafe map, and that’s Federation Coffee.

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London / Places

The Counter cafe, Hackney Wick, E3 – another great London coffee house

Sun 29th August, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

I love it when we stumble across a fine coffee in an unlikely place, and we definitely came up trumps on Saturday when we visited the Counter cafe in east …

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Brixton / Places

The Goodbench – another independent Brixton coffee bar opens!

Tue 24th August, 2010Sat 1st June, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Caffeine freaks are getting very spoilt in Brixton, with another independent coffee shop opening up in SW9 this week.

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Brixton / stuff

Coffee and cake

Sat 30th January, 2010Sun 14th March, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

The Photographers Gallery (now situated by Oxford Circus) has long been my favourite cafe in the West End. Here’s a photo of their cafe staff ready to load up the …

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Coffee at the Photographers Gallery

Thu 3rd August, 2006Mon 17th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Coffee at the Photographers Gallery There’s an interesting exhibition on if you’re passing through. The London Fire Brigade Archive shows a curious selection of scenes from the 30s to the …

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Brixton / Places

Coffee in the Lounge Brixton

Wed 10th March, 2004Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Coffee in the Lounge I’m currently relaxing on the deep leather sofa in The Lounge and giving this mo:Blog Palm blogging software its first ‘road test’. So far, its looking …

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In photos: a short and easy London riverside walk - Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge
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In photos: a short and easy London riverside walk – Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge

Fri 16th April, 2021Fri 16th April, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Around 6.5k/4 miles in length, this is a lovely short walk along the banks of the River Thames from Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge in south west London.

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Cardiff in lockdown - stations, street photos and night scenes, July 2020
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Cardiff in lockdown – stations, street photos and night scenes, July 2020

Fri 24th July, 2020Thu 23rd July, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Although the lockdown is slowly easing in Wales, Cardiff remains strangely quiet with many of its once-bustling streets remaining empty. Here’s some photos from an (essential) trip earlier this week.

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Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square, June 2020
London / news / photos / Places

Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, June 2020

Sat 6th June, 2020Sat 6th June, 2020 - by editor - 1 Comment

The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has reduced the once bustling centre of London into a ghost town, with almost all its shops, businesses, cafes and bars remaining closed for over two …

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Cardiff photos: Christmas lights, street scenes, Rhiwbina station and scarf sellers, Nov 2019
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Cardiff photos: Christmas lights, street scenes, Rhiwbina station and scarf sellers, Nov 2019

Wed 20th November, 2019Wed 15th January, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I was briefly in my home town of Cardiff yesterday – here’s some of the scenes I grabbed on my camera…

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Tour diary - The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA
Clubs & Nightlife / music / news / photos / Places

Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA

Wed 1st May, 2019Wed 1st May, 2019 - by Contributor - 2 Comments.

In March this year, The Monochrome Set embarked on a breakneck USA tour, packing in nine gigs in ten days on both the East and West coasts of America. Merchmeister …

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London 15 years ago: Denmark Street, 12 Bar Club & The Astoria, Soho, London in April 2004
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London 15 years ago: Denmark Street, 12 Bar Club & The Astoria, Soho, London in April 2004

Mon 15th April, 2019Mon 15th April, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It’s now changed out of all recognition with the legendary 12 Bar Club closing and several music stores moving out due to redevelopment, but this small road in central London …

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Dispatches from the Monochrome Set's USA tour, March 2019
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Dispatches from the Monochrome Set’s USA tour, March 2019

Wed 27th March, 2019Wed 27th March, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Earlier this month, I was with The Monochrome Set on a whistle-stop tour of the US, taking in no less than nine gigs and three radio sessions on both the …

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A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer - in photos, Jan 2019
London / Places

A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019

Fri 1st February, 2019Fri 1st February, 2019 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Taken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End.

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P'tit Faystival - where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018
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P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018

Tue 24th July, 2018Mon 30th July, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Located in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble …

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Newcastle photos: bridges, graffiti, bars, pigeon fanciers, night views and The Monochrome Set, April 2018
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Newcastle photos: bridges, graffiti, bars, pigeon fanciers, night views and The Monochrome Set, April 2018

Wed 25th April, 2018Wed 25th April, 2018 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I had the good fortune to be able to visit the grand city of Newcastle earlier this month, and although the trip was exceedingly short, I still managed to grab …

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In photos: a look around the streets of Chepstow, south Wales
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Pubs, a chalky penis and pavement history: a look around the streets of Chepstow, south Wales

Tue 15th August, 2017Tue 15th August, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s my second short collection of photos of the small border town of Chepstow in south east Wales, taken as I headed to and from the nearby Green Gathering festival.

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Edinburgh in fifty photos: street scenes, architecture, landscapes and the famous castle
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Edinburgh in fifty photos: street scenes, architecture, landscapes and the famous castle

Sun 22nd January, 2017Fri 20th January, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

After posting up a collection of night scenes, capturing a crap busker, documenting a great night out on the town and extolling the virtues of a local cafe, here’s my final set of …

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Places I love: the cheap, cheerful and friendly Snax Cafe, Edinburgh
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Places I love: the cheap, cheerful and friendly Snax Cafe, Edinburgh

Fri 13th January, 2017Thu 12th January, 2017 - by editor - Leave a Comment

You can’t beat a good, no-nonsense, affordable cafe, and I stumbled across a real gem when I was up in Edinburgh recently called The Snax Cafe – one of three …

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Frosty feet, market scenes, CCTV Santa and Chinese baubles: Cardiff photos, December 2016
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Frosty feet, market scenes, CCTV Santa and Chinese baubles: Cardiff photos, December 2016

Thu 29th December, 2016Thu 29th December, 2016 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s a collection of photos taken from my trip up to Cardiff earlier this week. They’re nothing special – just a series of snapshots taken as I scuttled around town …

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Fish & Chip Friday and Wednesday Toe Nails: Colchester and Mersea Island in photos
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Fish & Chip Friday and Wednesday Toe Nails: Colchester and Mersea Island in photos

Tue 10th November, 2015Tue 10th November, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

Yesterday, I had to visit deepest, darkest Essex, with my day trip taking in Colchester and the nearby Island of Mersea. Here’s a selection of photos from my journey.

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A sunny Autumnal afternoon at Roath Park, Cardiff - in photos
cardiff / photos / Places / wales / Wales

A sunny Autumnal afternoon at Roath Park, Cardiff – in photos

Thu 15th October, 2015Thu 7th April, 2022 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I love Cardiff’s Roath Park. Built on a ‘malarial bog’, the park opened in 1894 and is dominated by a 30-acre lake formed by the damming of the Nant Fawr stream. A comfortable …

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Faces of New York - street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC
New York / photos / Places

Faces of New York – street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC

Thu 27th August, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

Here’s a selection of candid street shots from my various New York travels. I hope some of you find them of interest.  Scroll down to the bottom to find out details of …

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A rainy day in Margate. Photos form a wet and windy May afternoon
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A rainy day in Margate. Photos from a wet and windy May afternoon

Tue 19th May, 2015Tue 19th May, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

Arriving suitably drenched after my deeply unwise walk from Westgate on Sea to Margate,  I grabbed a few photos around the town as I headed for hot coffee and beer.

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Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds - a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate
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Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds – a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate

Mon 18th May, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Before Dulwich Hamlet’s crucial play off final at Margate, I thought it would be a great idea to get off the train a stop earlier at Westgate-on-Sea and then walk …

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Berlin street photos - a selection of photographs
photos / Places

Berlin street photos – a selection of photographs

Tue 14th April, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I loved visiting Berlin last year, and have already posted up a series of photos from my travels around the city. Here’s my final set of shots from this fantastic city…

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